Tuesday, January 31, 2006

I tend to be fairly heavy handed when it comes to drawing, and I've been making a real effort to loosen up my lines.I'm pleased with the results but it's hard to resist the urge to not press down harder and harder.Interesting note - a lecturer once asked me if there were any other painters or drawers in the family.I have a grandfather who was a musician and apart from him, no other creative types as such.My lecturer suggested that perhaps as a child he did pick up a pen to draw and they told him to put it down and learn something more useful - like the piano.I have no idea if he played particularly well, but he played until he died.The froggy bloke above looks nothing like him.

Below is the view of Coles Bay from the deck of the Freycinet Lodge - heaven on Earth.

Delu - how nice to see you in English!I think it's all a constant process of change.I'm achieving something a little softer this way and I don't think that's a bad thing.I don't find it easy though and will probably loose patience.Further to that, I find the way I hold my pen can be murder on my fingers.

And maybe it's YOU that should have taken up the piano, did you think of that?!

About Me

My name is Elliot Cowan.
I used to draw in Australia, then I went to draw in London. Now I draw in New York City.
I'm the creator and director of The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead, an animated series that's played at film festivals world wide.
I do a bunch of other things that you can find at www.elliotelliotelliot.com